Rant #1

But what the hell is wrong with people that feel the need to judge people they've never met, never known, know nothing about because of their political beliefs.

And I get, maybe there are some exceptions.

Like if somebody really believes that Nazism is a good thing we need to bring back.

Okay.

I get that.

But I don't talk a lot about my personal politics.

You know why? Because they're personal.

I have a really, my best friend in the world, Mark, we do not agree politically on a lot of stuff.

Um, I'm fairly conservative.

I would, I would describe myself as like, um, conservative minded, especially when it comes to like fiscal policies and the role of government and you know, the right to bear arms, a lot of that kind of stuff.

On the other hand, I'm also pretty moderate, even perhaps liberal socially.

Um, you know, like I believe a woman has a right to choose.

And so I'm not like, I don't have these rigid, one-sided beliefs that dictate everything I do.

But anyway, my best friend Mark and I, we've argued many, many times about politics.

He's a very smart guy, so he usually wins those arguments.

But the point being that at the end of the conversations, we tell each other we love each other because we do and we hug it out and we don't, it doesn't impact our friendship that because we have mutual respect for one another and recognize that wonderful people can agree to disagree on certain topics.

So I don't understand people that cannot do that.

And I recently posted a podcast about a dear friend of mine who I have the most respect for, a Marine Corps leader who I had the pleasure to serve with, And some asshole that I've been involved with in my life, peripherally, feels the need, I guess they looked at his social media page and decided that he didn't deserve to live and had to post a nasty emoji.

And so I just blocked that person because you know what, you're a fucking idiot.

And it always cracks me up.

You know, people say, thank you for your service to veterans.

But when it comes down to actually respecting a veteran and what what they served for and what they've in many cases fought for, which is your right to have a fucking opinion.

Well, then all of a sudden they thank you for your service.

That just dries up and blows away.

And we're left with petty political posturing.